House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

READ Act Reauthorization Act of 2023

H.R. 681Introduced Jan 31, 2023Policy area: International Affairs

Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJ

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 31, 2023
Committee actionMay 16, 2024
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 16, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 681.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 681, READ Act Reauthorization Act of 2023” on June 12, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 16, 2024”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2024 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60324
CBO publication date
June 12, 2024
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 681, 118th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/681
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H578):
Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 681, 118th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/681
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

81 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 69 Democrats

69 of 81 cosponsors (85%) are from the other party.

Colin Allred (D-TX), Becca Balint (D-VT), Ami Bera (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and 51 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-4 district

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